July 1, 2015 / Fortune Asia / Volume 172 / Number 1

features

SPECIAL

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

24 Inside the Hack of the Century
A cyber-invasion brought Sony Pictures to its knees and terrified corporate America. The story of what really happened-and why Sony should have seen it coming.
By Peter Elkind

48 The Education of Brian Chesky
Coming up with the idea for Airbnb was the easy part. The transition from broke art-school graduate to multibillion-dollar company CEO? That was more complicated. Here’s how the sharer-in-chief hacked leadership.
By Leigh Gallagher

56 Cracking the Sleep Code
Can big data-and input from millions of fitness trackers-unlock the mysteries of our national insomnia?
By Jeffrey M. O’Brien

departments

Macro

4 Can We Drink the Ocean?
To increase its water supply, California is turning to seawater.
By Michal Lev-Ram

6 Energy Math
Closing a factory gap with China, thanks to fracking.
By Brian Dumaine

8 Soft on Crime
Credit card fraud: Why your bank may be shrugging it off.
By Robert Hackett

8 Trouble on the Farm
A poultry virus exposes Big Ag’s vulnerability.
By Erika Fry

10 Summer Jobs
The intern economy bounces back.
By Claire Groden

10 Movie D駛・Vu
Why the reboot is replacing the sequel.
By Michal Lev-Ram

Venture

11 How I Got Started
J.D. Power has driven change in car research.

Interview by Dinah Eng

Invest

13 Spin-Off Stocks
Should you be wary of stocks spawned by corporate breakups? By Jen Wieczner

Tech

15 The Breakdown
A look at Tesla’s hotly anticipated, long-delayed third model.
By Katie Fehrenbacher

16 The Fortune 500 Series
Sears is going digital by embracing its analog repairmen.
By Phil Wahba

18 Battle for the Cloud
Andy Jassy has turned Amazon Web Services into the reigning provider of cloud-computing services. Can AWS keep its crown?
By Leena Rao

22 Chartist
Venture capital’s expanding universe.
By Stacy Jones and Nicolas Rapp

64 BING!

CORRECTION

”An Engine Maker’s High-Tech Makeover” (June 15, 2015) incorrectly stated that Nissan would offer a version of the Cummins ISF 2.8 engine in its Frontier pickup. In fact, Nissan used the engine in a concept version of the Frontier in 2014 but has opted not to offer it in production versions.

ON THE COVER: ILLUSTRATION BY SINELAB

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Brian Chesky at Airbnb’s headquarters in San Francisco
MICHAEL LEWIS








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